D-1 College Football Playoffs: “A Dream Scenario”

Is the way that College Football Crowns its National Champion really deemed as fair? Do smaller schools like Ball State, Boise State, Utah, or BYU have a legitimate shot at winning a National Championship? The answer too both of these questions is NO!

Let’s call the BCS what it really is; “Bad Crappy System” and the bottom line is money. Of course the Presidents and Athletic Directors at these Big BCS schools are not going to change the way of the current BCS system because as the old saying goes, money talks and…well you know the rest.

In any case, I have the ultimate cure for this flawed system that would still keep the major Division 1 schools happy and give the smaller schools an opportunity to compete for the National Championship.

SCENARIO:
The first thing would be to cut the schedules back down to 11 games, plus the Conference Championships for the schools that have them. Secondly, you take the Conference winner from each of the 11 Bowl Sub-Division Conferences, which are comprised of the BCS Schools and a few of the Mid-Major conferences along with one Independent School like Notre Dame. This would give you 12 teams from the Bowl-Sub-Division; the next step would be to include a school from the Championship Sub-Division that consists of Conferences like the Ivy League, SWAAC, and Patriot League. Determine it by taking the school with the highest winning percentage that played the toughest schedule. In the end there would be 13 teams who would compete for the National Championship.

Here is an example of the brackets

The Top three Teams
Oklahoma, 2. Florida, 3. USC (All Conference Winners)

The top 3 seeds would be Idle during the opening rounds.

(4) Penn State vs (13) Richmond (Championship Sub-Division Winner)
(5) Utah vs (12) Buffalo
(6) Boise State vs (11) Troy
(7) Cincinnati vs (10) Navy (Independent)
(8) Virginia Tech vs (9) East Carolina

ROUND 2 “WITH MY PREDICTIONS” QUARTER FINALS
(1) Oklahoma vs (8) Virginia Tech
(2) Florida vs (7) Cincinnati
(3) USC vs (6) Boise State
(4) Penn Sate vs (5) Utah


ROUND 3 SEMI-FINALS COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S FINAL 4
(1) Oklahoma vs (5) Utah
(2) Florida vs (3) USC

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS GAME (PLAYED ON A NEUTRAL SITE)
(1) Oklahoma vs (3) USC
Winner and National Champions: Oklahoma Sooners

Now to satisfy the other schools who didn’t qualify for the Playoffs, their Post-Season play would consist of the traditional Bowl Games, so all is not lost. I think that the bigger schools would still make their money, and the smaller schools would have the opportunity to see how they stack up against the talent from the major conferences, we see how Cinderella provides excitement and upsets during the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, let’s see if Cinderella can provide the same excitement on the Division 1 College Football scale.

For those of you who are reading this Blog, I would like to here from you. Agree or Disagree but let’s do it tastefully.

By: William Terrell